Cheetah Conservation Fund

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) "was founded in 1990 by Dr. Laurie Marker. CCF's mission is to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in research and education on cheetahs and their eco-systems, working with all stakeholders to achieve best practice in the conservation and management of the world's cheetahs. As Namibia has the largest and healthiest population of cheetahs left in the world, CCF's International Research and Education Centre is based in Namibia, near Otjiwarongo."

"Namibian support was very important for the new [Education] Centre, enabling the final part of the Education Exhibits Building to be completed. The funds were presented by John Murphy (right), CCF Board member and Chairman of De Beers Namibia."

Their Bush Project has been supported by USAID since 2001.

"From the beginning of 2009, Mary Wykstra's organisation, Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (ACK), becomes an independent CCF affiliate."

CCF has worked for over 12 years with the Earthwatch Institute.

People
Accessed November 2007:

Patron Executive Director
 * His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma - Former President of the Republic of Namibia
 * Laurie Marker - Co-Founder and Executive Director
 * Patricia Tricorache - Asst. Director, International Relations

Namibian Board of Trustees
 * Arthur Bagot-Smith, Chairman - Farmer and Veterinarian
 * Charles Bodenstein - Lawyer
 * Walter Bottger - Businessman
 * Tangenyi Erkana - Farmer
 * Reiner Hassel - Veterinarian
 * Mike Hill - HR Specialist
 * Leonard Iipumbu - CEO, Agribank, Namibia
 * Jane Katjavivi - Businesswoman, writer and publisher.
 * Mary Kruger - Business Woman (retired)
 * Laurie Marker - Executive Director and Founder of CCF
 * Jock Orford - Gynecologist and Conservationist

CCF Kenya Project Staff
 * Mary Wykstra - Senior Research Assistant - Kenya
 * Cosmas Wambua - Research Assistant - Kenya (2002 to present)
 * Lumumba Mutiso - Community Development Officer - Kenya (2004 to present)
 * Sarah Brooke - Researh Assistant (2006-present)

CCF Namibia Staff
 * Laurie L. Marker, PhD. - Co-Founder and Executive Director
 * Bruce Brewer, PhD. - General Manager (1998 to present) and also runs the CCF Bushblok project.
 * Matti Nghikembua - Senior Research Assistant and Education Officer (1997 to present)
 * Bonnie Schumann - Senior Research Assistant & Curator (1996 to present)
 * Bessie & Max Simon - Farm & Maintenance Supervisors (2003 to present)
 * Engelhardt !Awaseb - Assistant Farm Manager (2003 to present)
 * Ezekiel Fabiano - Research Assistant (2005 to present with prior stay in 2003)

CCF Namibia Staff
 * Gunther Roeber - Course Coordinator (2007 to present)  more ...
 * Gebhardt Nikanor - Education Officer (2001 to present)  more ...
 * Heike Stackmann - Public Relations Officer (2006-present)  more ...
 * Johan and Tanya Britz - Farms Manager / Administrative Assistant (2003 to present)  more ...
 * Kate Echement - Cheetah Keeper and Research Assistant (2008 - Present)  more ...
 * Laura Linn - Administrative Assistant (2007 - present)  more ...
 * Matt Cleverley - Cheetah Keeper and Research Assistant (2008 - Present)  more ...
 * Monique Escurat - Accountant (2007-present. Part time)  more ...
 * Phillip Randle - Research Assistant and Cheetah Keeper (2006)  more ...

CCF USA Board of Directors
 * Dan Beringer - Entrepreneur  more ...
 * Carol Hosford - Conservationist and philanthropist.  more ...
 * Gary Lee (Secretary) - Senior Principal, CLR Design Inc.  more ...
 * Laurie Marker - Executive Director more...
 * Stephen O'Brien (Chairman) - Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and head of the Section of Genetics, National Cancer Institute more...
 * Robert H. Ludlow, Jr. - Law Offices of Robert H. Ludlow, Jr.
 * Robert Mahoney (Treasurer) - Hillcrest Capital Partners  more ...
 * Margery A. Nicolson - Biochemist, educator and environmentalist  more ...
 * Moses Thompson - Founder, Maizemoor International, Inc. more...
 * Beth Wallace - Vice President of Digital Marketing, Conservation International  more ...

CCF USA Staff
 * Kat Powers - Director, Operations (2007 - Present) (replaced in 2009 by Hillary Davidson)
 * Lynda Gearheart - Fundraising Programs Manager (2004 to present)
 * Paula Martin - Executive Assistant/Outreach Coordinator (2005 to present)
 * Allison Rogers - Grants Administrator (2007 to present)
 * Laurie Payne - Fundraising Project Manager
 * Maura Biasi - Membership Coordinator (2008 to present)

''CCF International Scientific Board of Advisors
 * Karl Ammann - Conservationist and Wildlife Photographer, Kenya more...
 * Christine Breitenmoser-Würtzen - Co-Char, IUCN's CAT Specialist Group. more...
 * Hu Berry - Retired as Senior Scientist at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia. Free-lance Tour Guide.  more ...
 * Bruce Brewer, PhD. - General Manager (1998 to present) and also runs the CCF Bushblok project.  more ...
 * Ray Coppinger - Professor Emeritus at Hampshire College and Founder of the Livestock Guarding Dog Program in the USA more...  more ...
 * Sarah Durant - Tanzania Cheetah Project Director, London Zoological Society and the Wildlife Conservation Society
 * Susie Ellis - Executive Director, International Rhino Foundation
 * Jack Grisham - Cheetah Species Coordinator for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Plan, and Director of Animal Collections, St. Louis Zoological Park more...
 * John Lukas - Executive Drector White Oak Conservation Center and BOD H. Gilman Foundation  more ...
 * David Macdonald - Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University more...
 * Laurie Marker - Executive Director and Founder of CCF more...
 * Sean McKeown - Europe Cheetah Species Coordinator for the Northern African Cheetah
 * David Meltzer - Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Onderstepoort, South Africa
 * Gus Mills - Carnivore Specialist, South African Parks. more...
 * Linda Munson - Veterinary Pathologist, University of California at Davis, IUCN's Veterinary Specialist Group, Cheetah Pathologist for Species Survival Plan, USA more...
 * Sanjayan Muttulingam - Lead Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, US.
 * Stephen O'Brien - Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and head of the Section of Genetics, National Cancer Institute more...
 * Cindy Olson - Conservationist, Specialist in Iran
 * Ian Player - Founder of the International Wilderness Leadership School, South Africa  more ...
 * Tim Wacher - Wildlife Biologist, Zoological Society of London
 * David Wildt - Reproductive Pathologist, Senior Scientist at the Smithonian Institution's National Zoo, and the Conservation and Research Center more...

CCF UK Board of Trustees
 * Noel Boyd
 * Paul Goldstein
 * Nick Lindsay - Head of International Programmes, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) more...
 * Trevor Nicholls (Treasurer)
 * Peter Stewart (Secretary)
 * Jonathan Hodrien
 * Jonathan Scott - Patron - CCF UK more...

CCF USA Board of Trustees
 * David Barron - Chairman, Barron-Birrell Inc.  more ...
 * Jayne M. Bazos - CCF Chicago Chapter Leader and Clinical Psychologist  more ...
 * Ralph Bushey
 * Teresa Delaney - Chairperson, National Run for the Cheetah  more ...
 * Emanuel "Manny" Friedman - Vice Chairman EJF Capital, LLC
 * Carl Hilker - Philanthropist and Director of the WILD Foundation  more ...
 * Chris Johns - Staff Photographer, National Geographic more...
 * Patricia W. Klitgaard - President, Oneloa Properties  more ...
 * Charles Knowles - Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) more...
 * John Lukas - Director - White Oak Conservation Center  more ...
 * Vanessa Lukas - Gilman International Conservation (GIC) - White Oak Conservation Center
 * Willy K. Ma - Chairman and President, Mas Asset Management Corp.  more ...
 * Vance G. Martin - President, WILD Foundation  more ...
 * Robert Alan Page - Conservation Volunteer  more ...
 * Angela Weisskopf - Retired  more ...
 * Claudia Whitehead - Economic Development Director, City of Avondale, Economic Development Department; CCF Arizona Chapter Leader  more ...

Cheetah Conservation Fund Canada Committee
 * Jonathan Ward - Director/Chair
 * Dianne Girard - Director/Treasurer
 * Kim-Ellen Hurst - Director, PR & Events
 * Carol Petersen - Director/Western Canada
 * Robin Stewart - Membership/Communications Secretary
 * Dhun Ward - Recording Secretary

Contact

 * Web: http://www.cheetah.org

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Large Carnivore Management Association of Namibia
 * Claudia A. McMurray